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2-March 11,1994SECOND FRONTCardinal says upcoming Pro-Life Encyclical should be ‘blockbuster’YONKERS, N.Y. (CNS)—Pope John Paul IPs expectedencyclical on pro-life issues is bound “to be a blockbuster,”said Cardinal John J. O’Connor of New York March 5.It will be “binding in conscience on Catholics all over theworld," he said.Cardinal O’Connor said he spoke with the pope about theencyclical, and found him becoming “stronger and strongerin his denunciations of intrinsic evils,” while also becoming“more and more loving” toward individuals who fall intowork in the pro-life movement is a lifetime commitment.Pro-lifers maintain hope, he said, because they have seenthat the darkness of the cross was overcome. ‘This causethose evils.The pope has “a new tone in his voice" and shows a “newdetermination” in support of pro-life causes, he said.Cardinal O’Connor made his comments in an address tosome 700 people at the annual Respect for Life Institutesponsored by the New York Archdiocese at St. Joseph’sarchdiocesan seminary.He cited the forthcoming encyclical as one of severaldevelopments he said should encourage pro-lifers to main-tain hope.Hope was also a principal theme of other speakers. FatherRichard J. Neuhaus, director of the Institute on Religion andPublic Life in New York, acknowledged that “many of you,like myself’ must at times “grow weary.” He held out noprospect of victory in the foreseeable future, adding thatwill prevail,” he said. “We shall overcome.”U.S. Rep. Robert K. Doman, R-Calif., said encourage-ment should be taken from Mother Teresa's statementagainst abortion, made at the Washington prayer breakfastFeb. 3 in the presence of President Clinton and first ladyHillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President and Mrs. AIGore.Columnist Mona Charen said she grew up in a“somewhatliberal Jewish family" in New Jersey, and only beganthinking about abortion as part of a class assignment whileattending Barnard College in New York. Other studentswere shocked when she concluded abortion could be justi-fied only in rare instances, she said.Criticizing the feminist movement, she said it supportedabortion as part of its insistence on sexual freedom, andmistakenly failed to recognize the differences between menand women and women's need of the support of men.Ms. Charen also charged that pro-abortion forces weremaking “systematic attacks” on adoption and giving unduepublicity to problems experienced by some adopted chil-dren as a way to justify refusing that alternative to abortion.CmchitaShe has nothing to give up for Lent•eet Conchita. She lives in.a small village in theMnountains of Guatemala. Hertouse is made of cornstalks with ain roof and a dirt floor. 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Box 3910 0 ,Kansas City, KS 66103-0910 / (BOO) 875-6564 felThere is no evidence that adopted children experiencemore difficulties than others, and because of adoption ageocirequirements they are in fact more likely to grow up instable, two-parent households, said Ms. Charen. She addedthat she and her husband have adopted a child. She also gavebirth to another child recently and noted there is no difference in how she feels toward the two children.Cardinal O'Connor also reported on a new Center forLife, established at an archdiocesan hospital, St. Agnes itWhite Plains, N.Y..Along with maternity care, he said, it offers natural famihplanning, genetics counseling and other services. The Sisters of Life, an order Cardinal O’Connor has establishedwork there.Joseph J. Tomaino, a center official, said it deals with liferelated issues such as handling terminal illness and geriatriiconditions, as well as issues arising around the beginningslife. The center, which gets funding from the Smith Foundation, serves undocumented aliens and the uninsured as welas those able to pay, Tomaino said. “We turn no one away,'he said.Cardinal O'Connor called for unity in the pro-life move-ment. He deplored "the scandal of dedicated pro-life worters publicly attacking one another on national television.'Pro-life workers should not attack each other over issuesuch as Operation Rescue or whether to support imperfeclegislation, he said. “This is a big movement,” he said‘There’s room for all.”ApVatican delegationto travel to Vietnamto discuss problemsBishop Graciilppointment(s) aTexas Catholic.Upon his ordiianuary 29.199-ippointed as Pany, Corpus ChnReverend Joseeased of his asAnthony Parish L>astor of St. Jolffective FebruarReverend Micssignment as Acdary Church in EifSanta Margaribrelonia Santa RilReverend Daneased of his assir.largaritade Escciania Rita, faredmmaculaie HeartHarch 2,1994.Reverend RobThairman of the Fof Corpus Clsan appointmentsReverend Dearminted Diocesanhe Diocese of Corliocesan appointmReverend Deaceleased of his assCatholic Scouting,VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican delegation washtravel to Vietnam in March to discuss with govemmenauthorities problems over the appointment of bishops, Vancan sources said.Msgr. Claudio Celli, a top assistant to the Vatican seattary of state, was to hold talks in Hanoi March 7-13Afterward he planned to spend two days in Cambodi.meeting with authorities there, the sources said.Msgr. Bamabe Nguyen Van Phuong, an official of tbCongregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was Iaccompany Msgr. Celli.The Vatican and Vietnam have held on-again, off-agaitalks on a number of church-state issues, with sporadiprogress reported. The church is pressing for greater fretdom in areas of hierarchical appointments, seminary opention, religious life and daily pastoral activities.Msgr. Celli had planned to make the trip to Hanoi last fal’but the visit was postponed. Sources said one reason forthdelay was a conflict over a church appointment for Ho ClMinh City.The coadjutor of the archdiocese, Archbishop Francis JNguyen Van Thuan, who spent 13 years in a govemmeiprison camp, came to Rome in 1991 and was advised by tbgovernment not to return to the country. The head of lbdiocese, Archbishop Paul Nguyen Van Binh, is 83 years oland is reportedly ill.Last year, the Vatican named an apostolic administrateto the archdiocese. But the appointment was protested bthe People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, which sithe Vatican had acted unilaterally in violation of Vietnamese law.Vietnamese officials have recently said they considiprior consultation on naming of bishops a question tnational sovereignty. At the Vatican, officials view ifchurch's freedom to make hierarchical appointmentsbasic religious right protected by international agreementLast November, the country’s bishops listed other are*of concern, including freedom of travel for bishops anpriests, the freedom of bishops to name and transfer pastorliberalization of rules regarding church publishing activties, and lifting of restrictions on seminary enrollment aroperation.ppointmeots.effeiReverendDeaccipirimal Directoror the Cursillo Mrhristi, while retneots, effective ireVaticaEsdiplorVATICAN CITYa establishing foild said the move \,m apartheid lodeTbeexchange ofjCatholic Church^country, ^ VatA* March 5 ana^des of tense andM South Africa, \SKfcot white rninoSouthAfrica’sest^fe Council;™ die definitive[t*?® doaqnitJj^uled to bold it■he move to fon,f^sthai Pope Joi^ soon tostation to vi^jj'wtb President p: tripNas'airo-Vails j.*'ard coiL. '“stnrctiorS^WfionwS^oaalco2Vat,cans urr111 showing.ADULTEDUCATIONCONFERENCEMarch 26, 1994Pastoral CenterAdult Education in the Catholic Christian CommunityDr. Frank LuciFor more information contact::ido • Office of Religious Ec289-7247l^mansaid.01”J^tbecoun,'^hnenr^ics whf'PosedPeople W(011 the ma